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Tick, tock, tick tock, the clock would not stop.  It was turned on its side and then again on the other side, but tick tock, tick tock it would not stop.  She was swung round and round, put on a high shelf, but the sound did not waiver nor did she stop tick tock, tick…

Those big brown eyes are just staring at me, looking longingly as I take a bite of my homemade fajita. I don’t give in, those puppy dog eyes will not work on me. But he keeps looking back and forth between the my sister and me. Nope, nope, nope. Yep, yep, yep. She did it…

Peep, Peep, Peep, the little chicks are hatching! The house always gets excited when the first peep sounds from the incubator. Children run to catch a glimpse of the new life that is cracking away at the eggshell. “It’s happening! Baby Chicks are hatching!” sounds throughout the house. No matter how many times I have…

I was playing a game with some friends and it involved asset cards.  Each card represents some commodity that is needed for the game.  In order to teach the new player how to do well in the game, I looked at them and said, “show me your cards.” Now this person is a very tight…

Good evening all. Today is simply an update and a request for prayers. Next month, from March 12th till March 15th Mom, Charisa, and I will be at the Blue Lake Christian Writer’s Conference. Please pray for God to move, for us to be humble and learn what God wants to teach us, and that…

A favorite Summer past time when I was young was when one of my siblings would read a good book out loud while we canned vegetables. The story would pull me in and get me so wound up in the lives of these fictitious people that I felt all the pain and anxiousness of their…

Proverbs 4:23 says, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” (NIV) When I was young, I always thought this verse was in regards to one falling in love and not giving my heart it away to the wrong person. While I still believe that applies, I have been learning…

As I sat up on a rock that is above a large creek I observed the water flowing below. It had recently rained and so the water was flowing quickly, but with this comes a stirring up of the sand and dirt that typically rests on the bottom of the creek. God showed me that…

Hagelbooks is so excited to have two new books in the works! For the Love Behind Him, written by Abigail Hagel Smith, will be published in February and Theo’s Stand, written by Charisa Hagel, will be coming out in April. Theo’s Stand is a study on the armor of God by Charisa Hagel. We are…